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单词 the thin end of the wedge
释义
the thin end of the wedge
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If you say that something is the thin end of the wedge, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development. [British]
I think it's the thin end of the wedge when you have armed police permanently on patrol.
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